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WILSONS CREEK P.S. NEWSLETTER Term 4 Tuesday 20th November 2012 Week 7

Another busy week at school


looking at Monday 10 December. As soon as I receive more details, I will let you know.

Mrs. Lonard and I will be invi ng Module 1 students to travel with us to Byron Bay to explore a Dolphin Dreaming excursion. Notes will be sent out in the coming week. The date of this excursion is planned for Wednesday 12 December.

In closing

I am really enjoying this year! The school term is zooming past. I am looking forward to seeing the students’ presenta ons at the End of Year Assembly and Celebra on of Giving. You will be receiving more informa on in the coming weeks about the Giving Tree and our plans to celebrate this.

The Canteen opening and celebra on of our achievements will be held on the 30th November. Students will be performing some musical items as part of this celebra on. We have combined the Music Performance with the Opening to ensure that families do not have to travel to school on two separate occasions.

The P and C and school have worked hard to create the new Canteen and learning space. This learning space will be a huge benefit to students in the future. I would like to note that the P and C does not have any plans to overtake the Community Hall fundraising efforts. In fact, it has been suggested that the P and C and the Hall commi ee meet in the near future to map out a plan to ensure we do not cross over with fundraising efforts. I would suggest that a strong community and a commi ed P and C could work together to the benefit of all.

Have a great week!

Principal

Dear Families of Wilsons Creek,

The Community Day of Ac on to be held in Lismore last Sunday was postponed due to the poor weather. I will advise you of the re‐scheduled date. If you happened to see any of the coverage on the news, the rallies that were held around the state were well a ended. Please do not be relaxed about the massive cuts of $1.7b to Educa on. Without a vocal and consistent community based ac on, the Government will not understand these cuts will impact on our school!

Have you taken ac on yet? Our children need your support and voice.

1. Thank you to the Families and Valley residents for a ending the Council briefing last night. I will add any updates to the school website and newsle er as I receive them.

2. Thank you to our P and C for preparing and selling some delicious cakes, samosa and soup. The Bush Tea was a hit!

The Wilsons Creek Hall is having an Xmas Market on Saturday 15 December from 8:00am to 1:00pm. There will be some great bargains for sale, a ending the market is a great way to support our Community Hall.

Around the Modules

The Year 6 students have returned from their trip to Sydney. I was very pleased with the posi ve behavior and a tude that your children demonstrated. The train trip was long, the walking around Sydney was fun and the zoo was excellent. Well done Year 6!

Year 5 students and families will be invited to school next Tuesday 27th November to re‐cap and finalise any details for their excursion. The Mee ng will commence at 3.45pm and will conclude at 4.30pm. I urge you to a end.

I am exploring a few op ons for our planned Module 2 excursion to Brisbane. At this stage I am


Maths Homework

All students (Kinder to Yr 6) have maths homework they can access on the computer. Tasks are reset on a fortnightly basis and are self marking to give students instant results.

Kinder to Year 4 log onto www.smartkiddies.com.au.

Years 5 & 6 log onto www.mathle cs.com.au.

All students have been given their passwords and log on details on a printed card. Please contact Mr D if they have been misplaced or if there are any problems.

Extra Maths Ac vi es

Module 1 ‐ Comparing the surface area of 2 or more objects

Module 2 ‐ Construct a square metre from newspaper. Use it to measure the area of a small room at home

Module 3 ‐ Working out the area of rectangles and squares eg the area of a table. Use the formula length and width

All students should be telling the me on the analog clock;

Module 1 ‐ o’clock & half past

Module 2 ‐ 1/4 to and 1/4 past and 5 minute intervals

Module 3 ‐ 1 minute intervals and 24 hour me.

Canteen Lunch

Thank you Anja and Lois for organising the lunch last Friday. I am told the jacket potatoes were delicious. This week we have Ritamba cooking her famous vegie, cheesy pasta bake with a delicious hot, triple choc muffin with vanilla cream.

Spelling Homework

The focus for Term 4 will be on commonly misspelt words in the children’s wri ng.

Kindy ‐ me, you, go, we, us, can, and, but, no, yes, he, she

Year 1 plus Marco, Ariel, Leela‐ of, off, are, few, has, now, want, some, ball, boat, cat, dog

Module 2 ‐ February, library, receive, beau ful, frightened, cousin, bought, brought, together, thought, separate, weigh, something, they’re, Wednesday

Pele ‐ of, off, are, few, has, now, want, some, ball, boat, cat, dog

Module 3 ‐ accurate, actually, benefit, brief, commi ee, difficult, disguise, exhibit, finally, accommoda on, opposite, temperature, thermometer, aluminium, unusual, hygiene, annually, majority

Year 5 Camp

Please keep bringing in the notes and payments to

finalise the upcoming Year 5 Camp. All parents

should have received these permission and medical

notes. If you did not receive them please contact

Cindy.

Community No ce

Looking for a rental

Mother and daughter looking for a new place to rent in the area (up to $330 per week). 2‐3 bedroom place. Great tenants . ASAP

Call Bek 0488 540 928

For Sale ‐ real Christmas trees ‐ all different sizes and best prices in the area. If interested call Meagan 6684 337 or 0401 246 009.


Being award recipients

Sharni, Ariel, Caylen, Pele, Kal, Lola

Star Workers

Chilali, Emile, Ben, Blayde,

Kaleha, Reece

Sport Recipients

Rio, Nini, Jahman, Manuka, Bodhi


WHATS ON IN TERM 4

Week 7 Friday 23rd November Canteen ‐ Ritamba with veggie cheesy pasta bake and hot, triple choc muffin with vanilla cream

Week 8 Wednesday 28th Nov Mullumbimby High School Orienta on Day

Friday 30th Nov Canteen ‐ Jasmine with fried rice

Canteen Opening

Flag Ceremony

Music Assembly

Week 9 Mon 3rd‐6th Dec Year 5 Excursion to Mebbin Springs

Friday 7th December Canteen ‐ Anja

Tuesday 11th Dec Year 6 Farewell

Friday 14th Dec End of Year Assembly

Canteen ‐ Louise Pouget

2013 Tuesday 29th January Teachers and staff back to school

Wednesday 30th Jan Kindergarten students only to commence school for 2013

Thursday 31st Jan All students (K‐6) arrive at school for 2013

Thursday 13th Dec Module 1 Excursion to Dolphin Dreaming at Byron Bay

Week 10 Monday 10th Dec Module 2 Excursion to Brisbane


All money raised is used to buy school resources.

Kids Canteen is held every Wednesday. Students from Module 3 sell the “goodies” and parents are rostered to provide the food. It usually happens that each family provides something, a cake, slice, cup cakes etc twice during the year.

WEDNESDAY 21st NOVEMBER (THIS WEEK)

Baking: Bek (Kaleha’s mum) & Stephanie (Maya’s mum)

Selling: Shuran & Xavier

WEDNESDAY 28th NOVEMBER (NEXT WEEK)

Baking: Lou (Cuba’s mum) & Elli (Stella’s mum)

Selling: Finn & Kobi

The price for Friday Canteen has been set at $4.00 by the P&C.

If you can assist please phone Cindy or indicate your preferred day on the form below and return it to the school office.

DATE TERM 342012

SERVING / BAKING

RECESS TREAT Cake/slice/biscuits/fruit

Week 7

23rd November Ritamba

Veggie, cheesy pasta bake with hot, triple choc muffin and vanilla cream

Week 8

30th November Jasmine ‐ Fried rice

Week 9

3rd December Anja

Week 10

14th December Louise Pouget

Week 11

21st December NO CANTEEN ‐ LAST DAY OF TERM

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